Greek noun
Last edited: 2025-02-03| Primary meaning | Moon |
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| Literal translation | Moon |
| Variants | Σελήνη Selēnē Σελάνα Selana Σελάννα Selanna Σεμνή Semnē rare |
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Ἥλιος, Ἀφροδίτη Ὑδροχόῳ, Σελήνη, Ζεὺς Τοξότῃ, Κρόνος Λέοντι, Ἑρμῆς Αἰγοκέρωτι, Ἄρης, ὡροσκόπος Ζυγῷ.
‘The Sun, Venus (were) in Aquarius; the Moon, Jupiter in Sagittarius; Saturn in Leo; Mercury in Capricorn; Mars, the Ascendant in Libra.’
Ἐν μὲν γαῖαν ἔτευξ’, ἐν δ’ οὐρανόν, ἐν δὲ θάλασσαν, ἠέλιόν τ’ ἀκάμαντα σελήνην τε πλήθουσαν, ἐν δὲ τὰ τείρεα πάντα, τά τ’ οὐρανὸς ἐστεφάνωται, Πληϊάδας θ’ Ὑάδας τε τό τε σθένος Ὠρίωνος Ἄρκτόν θ’, ἣν καὶ Ἄμαξαν ἐπίκλησιν καλέουσιν, ἥ τ’ αὐτοῦ στρέφεται καί τ’ Ὠρίωνα δοκεύει, οἴη δ’ ἄμμορός ἐστι λοετρῶν Ὠκεανοῖο.
‘On it he produced the earth, and on it the sky, and on it the sea, and the untiring sun and the full moon, and on it all the constellations, that the sky is wreathed with: the Pleiades as well as the Hyades as well as the might of Orion as well as the Bear, which they call Wagon as additional name, and which revolves around itself and keeps an eye on Orion, and which alone is without share of baths in Ocean.’
Δέδυκε μὲν ἀ σελάννα καὶ Πληΐαδες· μέσαι δὲ νύκτες, παρὰ δ’ ἔρχετ’ ὤρα, ἔγω δὲ μόνα κατεύδω.
‘Set are the moon and Pleiades; and it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone.’
†σίν· τὴν σελήνην. ββῶν†
‘Sin: the Moon. Babylonians.’
〈—〉 ỉꜥḥ ‘Moon’
〈30〉 Sîn ‘Moon’
〈GURUN〉 inbu ‘moon’
〈luna〉 ‘moon’
〈Σελήνης ἑσπερία ἀνατολή〉 Selēnēs hesperia anatolē ‘The Moon’s western rising’
〈Σελήνης ἑῷα ἀνατολή〉 Selēnēs heōia anatolē ‘The Moon’s eastern rising’
〈ŠEŠ.KI〉 nannaru ‘Moon(god)’
〈Αἰδώς〉 Aidōs ‘Moon’
〈Σίν〉 Sin ‘Moon’
〈σελασφόρος〉 selasphoros ‘light-bearing’
〈τῆς σελήνης ἔκλειψις〉 tēs selēnēs ekleipsis ‘lunar eclipse’
〈Μήνη〉 Mēnē ‘Moon’
〈Κερόεσσα〉 Keroessa ‘Moon’
@misc{zodiac535,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Peeters, Thomas and Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
year = {2025},
title = {Σελήνη ({Lemma} #535)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/535/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/535/},
}